To adopt a style seen nowhere else on this site:
1. Poor old Auntie! In new-look "magazine-style" Gardeners' World, presenter Toby Buckland invites viewers to chip in on its message board on "what's hot and what's not". Unfortunately, much like former co-presenter Stefan Buczacki, the viewers reckon that "what's not" is... new-look Gardeners' World. At a rough count there are about 200 messages complaining of its having dumbed down.
Clearly it's hard to strike a balance between keeping experienced gardeners interested while not going over the heads of the novices. But I do think an hour is over-long.
2. Who knows, maybe at this rate the Clarkson era of GW is not far off. My colleague Matt pointed out that DIY Week thinks it's upon us already. The news piece isn't online, but here it is in its printed, non-retractable glory:
3. Martyn Cox, formerly of this parish, points out another howler, at Amateur Gardening - he describes it as a "gaff", which, to be picky, is itself a gaffe.
4. We mentioned last month the rise of bandstand busking - here's a video of a fine example of the genre.
5. We know the tree world can be hazardous, but who'd have thought you could get a fir seedling growing in your lung?
6. And finally... check out this vaguely Homer Simpson-ish way to, um, "control" rabbits and other burrowing pests (dispatching Flopsy & Mopsy in this way is illegal here).
